Ambika Bhardwaj
Published On: December 29, 2021
A Single-Judge Bench of Justice Rekha Palli heard the Petition filed by one Pankaj Bakshi through Advocates Gagan Gandhi and Mohit Kaushik, who approached the High Court being dissatisfied with the Delhi Government’s failing to implement the High Court’s Order issued on November 27, 2019, in a Case named “Delhi Sikh Gurdwara management & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors.”
The Complainant requested that the Delhi Government get him into employment in accordance with the circular released by the Ministry of Home Affairs and reimburse him for lost income determined from 2006 to the joining date.
It is worth noting that the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a circular on January 16, 2006, guiding State Governments to sanction ex-gratia payments and other forms of support to Victims of the 1984 Riots in the form of compensation and work opportunities.
As a result, the Petitioner is qualified to work for the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, as per the Petition.
On 21.09.2020, the Petitioner served notice to the Respondent to provide job and compensation to the Petitioner in Lieu of the High Court’s Order dated 27/11/2019. The Respondent did not respond to the above-mentioned notice.
The Petition is needed to safeguard the Petitioner’s rights, particularly since the Government of Delhi, despite portrayal by the Petitioner, did not take immediate steps to provide employment. Given the Petitioner’s age, any further delay by the Delhi Government to facilitate employment will be extremely damaging and prejudicial to the Petitioner’s Rights.
As a result, the Petitioner filed the Plea on the following basis:
Since the Petitioner is a Riot survivor who ended up losing both of his parents in the 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots.
Even though, following the discussion in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on the Report of Justice Nanavati Commission of Inquiry into the 1984 Riots, the Central Government, through Respondent No.2 (Ministry of Home Affairs), Ordered the State Government, through Respondent No.3 (Govt of NCT of Delhi), to provide jobs and remuneration to the family members of the Riot Victims. The Petitioner became qualified for the jobs and compensation that was to be provided by Respondent no.3 as a result of this notification.
Despite the passage of fifteen years, Respondent no.3 did not take any action to hire the Petitioner.
Also Read- Riot Under Indian Penal Code, 1860
